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First instance of the Operation of the new Lunacy Act
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 February 2018
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- Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1890
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* “If any proceedings are taken against any person for signing, or carrying out, or doing any act with a view to sign or carry out any such order, report, or certificate, or presenting any such petition as in the last preceding subsection mentioned—i.e., petition for a reception order—or doing anything in pursuance of this Act, such proceedings may, upon summary application to the High Court of Justice, or a judge thereof, be stayed upon such terms as to costs and otherwise as the court or judge may think fit, if the court or judge is satisfied that there is no reasonable ground for alleging want of good faith or reasonable care.”Google Scholar
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